Welcome to Organometallic Research Group

• Development of Cheap Transition Metal based Catalyst

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46. Preparation of 5-(Acyloxymethyl)furfurals from Carbohydrates Using Zinc Chloride/Acetic Acid Catalyst System and Their Synthetic Value Addition.

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Navya Subray Bhat, Abhishek Kumar Yadav, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur,

Sib Sankar  Mal, Saikat Dutta*

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ACS Omega 2023, 8, 8, 8119–8124. (IF 4.13)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.3c00143

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45. One-pot synthesis of dimerized arenes and heteroarenes under mild condition using Co(I) as active catalyst.

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Adwitiya Pal, Arunabha Thakur*

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Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 8977-8987.(IF 3.87)

DOI:10.1039/D2OB01738E

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44. A novel quinoline-based NNN-pincer Cu(II) complex as a superior catalyst for oxidative esterification    of allylic C(sp3)-H bonds.

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Krishna Mohan Das, Adwitiya Pal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur* 

 

Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 3540-3549 (IF 3.87)

DOI: 10.1039/D2OB00220E 2018-2022​

• DTE based Photochromic Organic Materials

 

43. A Conjugated Photoresponsive Dithienylethene-Ferrocene System: Application in Secret Writing and Decoding Information.

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Manisha Karmakar, Sayan Kumar Bag, Bijan Mondal, Arunabha Thakur*

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J. Mater. Chem. C, 2022, 10, 8860 - 8873 (IF 8.067)

DOI: 10.1039/D2TC00738J

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42. Light Triggered Metal Coordination Dynamics in Photoswitchable Dithienylethene-Ferrocene             System. 

Manisha Karmakar, Adwitiya Pal, Bijan Mondal, Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur*

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Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 6086–6098 (IF 5.43)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00602

 

• Supramolecules and Host Guest Chemistry

 

2018-2022

41. Strategic Design of a 2,6-Disubstituted Pyridine-based Probe having Hard-Soft Centers: Responsive Divergence from One Core.

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Krishna Mohan Das, Adwitiya Pal, Bappaditya Goswami,

Nayarassery N. Adarsh, Arunabha Thakur*

 

New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 12103-12119 (IF 3.92) 

DOI: 10.1039/D2NJ02246J

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40. Cyclic vs Acyclic Alkyne towards Hg2+ ion detection: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Studies.           

Adwitiya Pal, Bappaditya Goswami, Arunabha Thakur*

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New J. Chem. 2022, 46, 2989-3005 (IF 3.92) 

DOI: 10.1039/D1NJ05707C

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39. A Detailed Insight into Anion Sensing based on Intramolecular Charge Transfer (ICT) Mechanism: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2016 to 2021.

Adwitiya Pal, Manisha karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur* 

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Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 448, 214167 (IF 24.83)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2021.214167

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38. Naphthol Based Positional Isomers of Ferrocene Appended Benzochromene: Differential Selectivity towards Hg(II) ion.

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Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Manisha Karmakar, Arunabha Thakur* 

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J. Organomet. Chem. 2021, 949, 121958-121968 (IF 2.34)

(invited article in special issue of "Adam-Mathur").

DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2021.121958

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37. Recent Advances in the Development of Ferrocene based Electroactive Small Molecules for Cation    Recognition: A Comprehensive Review of the Years 2010-2020.

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Adwitiya Pal, Sushil Ranjan Bhtta, Arunabha Thakur*

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Coord. Chem. Rev. 2021, 431, 213685-213748 (IF 24.83)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213685

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36. Microwave Assisted Neat Synthesis of a Ferrocene Appended Phenolphthalein Di-yne: A Designed Synthetic Scaffold for Hg2+ Ion.

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Adwitiya Pal, Krishna Mohan Das, Bappaditya Goswami,

Arunabha Thakur*

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Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 10099−10112 (IF 5.43)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021

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35. Oxidation Induced Differentially Selective Turn-On Fluorescence via PET Based on Ferrocene Appended Coumarin-Quinoline Platform: Application in Cascaded Molecular Logic.

 

Manisha Karmakar, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta,

Santanabha Giri, Arunabha Thakur*

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Inorg. Chem. 2020, 59, 4493-4507 (IF 5.43)

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b0365034.

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34. Ferrocene Appended Fluorescein-Based Ratiomeric Fluorescence and Electrochemical Chemosensor for Fe3+ and Hg2+ Ions in Aqueous Media: Application in Real Samples Analysis.

 

Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Adwitiya Pal, Ujwal K. sarangi,

Arunabha Thakur*

 

Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2019, 498, 119097-119107 (IF 3.11) 

DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2019.119097

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33. Metal-Coordination Driven Intramolecular Twisting: A Turn-On Fluorescent-Redox Probe for  Hg2+ Ion through Interaction of Ferrocene Nonbonding Orbital and Dibenzylidenehydrazine.

 

Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Sudhir Lima,

Arunabha Thakur*

 

Dalton Trans. 2019, 48, 8209-8220 (IF 4.57)

DOI: 10.1039/C9DT01023H

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32. Triazole Based 8-Formyl Coumarin-Glycine conjugate: A Specific Turn-On Fluorescent Probe for Cu(II) ion.

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Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Sudipa Bhattacharya,

Bappaditya Goswami,  Arunabha Thakur*

 

J. Indian Chem. Soc. 2018, 95, 1517-1524 (Invited Article) 

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31. Naphthalene-Glycine Conjugate: An Extremely Selective Colorimetric Chemosensor for Iodide Ion in Aqueous Solution.

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ArunabhaThakur*, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal,

Deepak Kakash, Piyush Chawla.

 

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2018, 267, 617-626 (IF 9.22) 

DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2018.04.038

 

2016-2017

30. ICT-Isomerization Induced Turn-On Fluorescence Probe with a Large Emission Shift for Mercury Ion: Application in Combinational Molecular Logic. 

  

Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Bijan Mondal, Gonela Vijaykumar,

Arunabha Thakur*

 

Inorg. Chem. 2017, 56, 11577-11590 (IF 5.43)

DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.7b01304

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29. An Efficient Molecular Tool with Ferrocene Backbone: Discriminating Fe3+ from Fe2+ in Aqueous Media.

Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Gonela Vijaykumar,

Sashi Debnath, Arunabha Thakur*
 

Organometallics 2017, 36, 2141-2152 (IF 3.84)

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.7b00199

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28. A Redox-Driven Fluorescence ‘Off-On’ Molecular Switch Based on a 1,1′-Unsymmetrically Substituted bi-Ferrocenyl Coumarin System: Mimicking Combinational Logic Operation.

 

Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Arunabha Thakur*

Organometallics 2017, 36, 829-838 (IF 3.84)

DOI: 10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00883

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27. Access to an Abnormal Position of N-heterocyclic Carbene-Mn(II)-Complex by Pyrazolyl Phosphane with a Labile P-N Bond. 

 

Arunabha Thakur*, Varun Bheemireddy, Sushil Ranjan Bhatta 

J. Organomet. Chem, 2017, 832, 42-46 (IF 2.34)

DOI: 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.01.014

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26. Recent Development in Azolyl Phosphane Containing a Free N Atom in the Azole Ring as an Additional Reaction Site.

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Arunabha Thakur*, D. Mandal 

Coordination Chemistry Reviews, 2016, 329, 16-52 (IF 24.83)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2016.09.003

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25. Triazole appended mono and 1,1′ di-substituted ferrocene-naphthalene conjugates: highly selective and sensitive multi-responsive probes for Hg (II)

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Sushil Ranjan Bhatta, Varun Bheemireddy, Vijay Kumar Gonela,

Arunabha Thakur*, 

Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2017, 240, 640-650 (IF 9.22)

DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2016.09.022

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24.Investigation on reactivity of non-classical carbenes with sterically hindered Lewis acid, B(C6F5)3 under inert and open conditions.

Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K Vardhanpu, Gonela Vijaykumar, and Sushil Ranjan Bhatta

J. Chem. Sci. 128, 613–620 (2016)

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23.Abnormal N‐Heterocyclic‐Carbene‐Mediated Fixation of CO2 and N2O, and the Activation of Tetrahydrofuran and Tetrahydrothiophene under Ambient Conditions.

Arunabha Thakur*, Pavan K. Vardhanapu, Gonela Vijaykumar, Pradip Kumar Hota, Swadhin K. Mandal

Eur. J. Inorg. Chem.2016, 913–920

 

22. A novel and unprecedented ferrocene-quinoline conjugate: facile proton conduction via 1D helical water chains and highly sensitive and selective chemosensor for Zn(II) ion in water.

 

Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik,

Arunabha Thakur, and Sundargopal Ghosh

 

RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 15690 (IF 4.036)

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2014-2015

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21. Triazolyl Alkoxy Fischer Carbene Complexes in Conjugation with Ferrocene/Pyrene as Sensory Units: Multifunctional Chemosensor for Pb(II) and Zn(II) Ions

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Joseph Ponniah S, Subrat Kumar Barik, Arunabha Thakur,

R. Ganeshamoorthy and S. Ghosh

Organometallics, 2014, 33, 3096–3107

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20. Synthesis of triazole linked fluorescent amino acid and carbohydrate bio-conjugates: a highly sensitive and skeleton selective multi-responsive chemosensor for Cu(ii) and Pb(ii)/Hg(ii) ions.

 

Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal

and S. Ghosh

RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 1918-1928

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2012-2013

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19. A Novel Triple Decker Sandwich Complex Containing Cyclo Six Member  B3Co2 Te Ring as a Middle         Deck

Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari, B. Mandal and

S. Ghosh

Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 2262

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18. B-H Bond Iodination of Polyhedral Dimolybdaborane and Dimolybdathiaborane Clusters.

K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, V. P. Anju and S. Ghosh,
 

J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 751, 321

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17. Hypoelectronic Dimetallaheteroboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals Containing Heavier  Chalcogen Elements.

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K. K. V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mandal and S. Ghosh

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Inorg. Chem., 2013, 52, 7923-32

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16. Synthesis and Sensing Properties of 1,1′-Disubstituted Unsymmetrical Ferrocene-Triazole Derivatives: A Multichannel Probe for Hg(II) Ion.

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D. Mandal, P. Deb, B. Mondal, Arunabha Thakur,

J. Ponniah and S. Ghosh

RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 18614

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15. An Highly Selective and Sensitive Redox, Fluorescence and Optical Probe for Pb(II) Ion in Aqueous Environment.

Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,

Anal. Chem., 2013, 85, 1665 

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14. A Triazole Based Triferrocene Derivative as a Multiresponsive Chemosensor for Hg(II) and a Redox Chemosensor for H2PO4- Ion in Aqueous Environment

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Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal and S. Ghosh,

J. Organomet. Chem. 2013, 726, 71 

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13. A triazole tethered triferrocene derivative as a selective chemosensor for mercury(II) in aqueous environment.

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D. Mandal, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh

Polyhedron, 2013, 52, 1109

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12. N-phenyl pyrrole anchored to Fischer carbene complex through ring closing metathesis oxidative aromatization: synthesis and characterization of aryl substituted Fischer carbene complexes.
 

R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, D. Sharmila,

V. Ramkumar and S. Ghosh

J. Organomet. Chem, 2013, 726, 56 

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11. A Novel Class of Heterometallic Cubane and Boride Clusters Containing Heavier Group 16 Elements

Arunabha Thakur, S. Sao, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh,

Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 8322-8330

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10. Theoretical and Experimental Investigations on Hypoelectronic Heterodimetallaboranes of Group 6 Transition Metals

B. S. Krishnamoorthy, Arunabha Thakur, K. K. V. Chakrahari,

S. K. Bose, P. Hamon, T. Roisnel, S. Kahlal, S. Ghosh and J.-F. Halet

Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10375

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9. An Efficient Ferrocene Derivative as A Chromogenic, Optical and Electrochemical Receptor for Selective Recognition of Hg(II) in Aqueous Environment.

 

Arunabha Thakur and S. Ghosh

 

Organometallics 2012, 31, 819

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 8. A Close Packed Boron Rich 11-Vertex Molybdaborane with Novel Geometry

 

K.K.V. Chakrahari, Arunabha Thakur, B. Mondal,

R. S. Dhayal, S. Ghosh

J. Organomet. Chem, 2012, 710, 3627

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2009-2011

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7. A Homometallic Tricapped Cubane Cluster: [(Cp*Mo)4B4H4(μ4-BH)3] (Cp* = η5-C5Me5).

Arunabha Thakur, S. Sahoo, S. Ghosh

Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7940-7942 

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6. Catecholboryl-Functionalized Ferrocene Based Lewis Acid System: A Selective Probe for Fluoride Ion through Multiple Channels.

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Arunabha Thakur, D. Mandal, S. Sao, S. Ghosh

J. Organomet. Chem., 2012, 715, 129.

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5. Click-Generated Triazole Based Ferrocene-Carbohydrate Bioconjugates: A Highly Selective Multisignaling Probe for Cu(II) Ions.

Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh

J. Chem. Sci., 2012, 124, 1255

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4. Aqueous Organometallic Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of γ, δ Unsaturated Alkynyl Substituted Fischer Carbene Complexes of Group 6 Transition Metal.

R. Ganesamoorthi, Arunabha Thakur, S. Ghosh

Curr. Sci., 2011, 101, 1347.

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3. A Highly Selective Redox, Chromogenic and Fluorescent Chemosensor for Hg2+ in Aqueous Solution Based on Ferrocene- Glycine Bioconjugates.

Arunabha Thakur, S. Sardar, S. Ghosh

Inorg. Chem., 2011, 50, 7066-7073. 

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2. Synthesis of Mono and Doubly Alkynyl Substituted Ferrocene and its Crystal Engineering Using –C–H....O Supramolecular Synthon.

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Arunabha Thakur, N. N. Adarsh, A. Chakraborty, M. Devi, S. Ghosh

J. Organomet. Chem., 2010, 695, 1059-1064 

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1. A New Synthetic Route to Lindqvist Type Clusters [(n-Bu4N)x][M’M5O19] [when x = 2, M’ = M = Mo or     W; x =     3, M’ = Mo, M = W] From Metal Carbonyl Precursors [(CO)5ML] [M = Mo, W; L = CO, C(OMe)(Me)]

Arunabha Thakur, A. Chakraborty, V. Ramkumar, S. Ghosh